UNITED NATIONS, April 12 (Xinhua) -- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that fighting continues in west Mosul and aid partners continue to aid the Iraqi people in need and respond to rising casualties and displacement, a UN spokesman told reporters here Wednesday.

Nearly 1,700 people who have been injured have been received near the front lines, with more than 6,300 injured people having been referred to hospitals around Mosul since the start of military operations last October, he noted.

Mosul witnessed a fighting between the Iraqi government forces and Islamic State (ISDa'esh) terrorists.

The Iraqi government force's advance toward Mosul came after the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Feb. 19 the start of an offensive to drive the extremist militants out of the western side of Mosul, locally known as the right bank of Tigris River which bisects the city.

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UNITED NATIONS， March 23 (Xinhua) -- Following an attack on the Houses of Parliament in London， British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said here Thursday that internet providers and ""great social media companies"" are responsible in radicalization of terrorists.